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Differentiate between various types of muscular tissues? Draw appropriate diagram.  

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Differences between various types of muscular tissues

Characteristic	Striated Muscle	Smooth Muscle	Cardiac Muscle
Movement	Voluntary (under our control)	Involuntary (not under our control)	Involuntary
Shape of cells	Cells are long, cylindrical and un branched.	Cells are long with pointed ends (spindle-shaped).	Cells are cylindrical and branched.
Microscopic feature	Alternate light or dark bands present.	No such bands found.	No such bands found.
Nucleus	Multinucleate (many nuclei).	Uninucleate.	Uninucleate.
Location	Limbs of our body.	Alimentary canal, iris of the eye, in uterus, bronchi of lungs.	Heart.